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  <li><a href="#NAME">NAME</a></li>
  <li><a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
  <li><a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
  <li><a href="#NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
  <li><a href="#RETURN-VALUES">RETURN VALUES</a></li>
  <li><a href="#EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a></li>
  <li><a href="#SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
  <li><a href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></li>
  <li><a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a></li>
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<h1 id="NAME">NAME</h1>

<p>EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init, EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init_ex, EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init_ex2, EVP_PKEY_verify_recover - recover signature using a public key algorithm</p>

<h1 id="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</h1>

<pre><code>#include &lt;openssl/evp.h&gt;

int EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
int EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init_ex(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx,
                                    const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
int EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init_ex2(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx, EVP_SIGNATURE *algo,
                                     const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
int EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx,
                            unsigned char *rout, size_t *routlen,
                            const unsigned char *sig, size_t siglen);</code></pre>

<h1 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h1>

<p>EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init() initializes a public key algorithm context <i>ctx</i> for signing using the algorithm given when the context was created using <a href="../man3/EVP_PKEY_CTX_new.html">EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3)</a> or variants thereof. The algorithm is used to fetch a <b>EVP_SIGNATURE</b> method implicitly, see <a href="../man7/provider.html">&quot;Implicit fetch&quot; in provider(7)</a> for more information about implicit fetches.</p>

<p>EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init_ex() is the same as EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init() but additionally sets the passed parameters <i>params</i> on the context before returning.</p>

<p>EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init_ex2() is the same as EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init_ex(), but works with an explicitly fetched <b>EVP_SIGNATURE</b> <i>algo</i>. A context <i>ctx</i> without a pre-loaded key cannot be used with this function. Depending on what algorithm was fetched, certain details revolving around the treatment of the input to EVP_PKEY_verify() may be pre-determined, and in that case, those details may normally not be changed. See <a href="#NOTES">&quot;NOTES&quot;</a> below for a deeper explanation.</p>

<p>The EVP_PKEY_verify_recover() function recovers signed data using <i>ctx</i>. The signature is specified using the <i>sig</i> and <i>siglen</i> parameters. If <i>rout</i> is NULL then the maximum size of the output buffer is written to the <i>routlen</i> parameter. If <i>rout</i> is not NULL then before the call the <i>routlen</i> parameter should contain the length of the <i>rout</i> buffer, if the call is successful recovered data is written to <i>rout</i> and the amount of data written to <i>routlen</i>.</p>

<h1 id="NOTES">NOTES</h1>

<p>Normally an application is only interested in whether a signature verification operation is successful in those cases the EVP_verify() function should be used.</p>

<p>Sometimes however it is useful to obtain the data originally signed using a signing operation. Only certain public key algorithms can recover a signature in this way (for example RSA in PKCS padding mode).</p>

<p>After the call to EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init() algorithm specific control operations can be performed to set any appropriate parameters for the operation.</p>

<p>After the call to EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init_ex2(), algorithm specific control operations may not be needed if the chosen algorithm implies that those controls pre-set (and immutable).</p>

<p>The function EVP_PKEY_verify_recover() can be called more than once on the same context if several operations are performed using the same parameters.</p>

<h1 id="RETURN-VALUES">RETURN VALUES</h1>

<p>EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init() and EVP_PKEY_verify_recover() return 1 for success and 0 or a negative value for failure. In particular a return value of -2 indicates the operation is not supported by the public key algorithm.</p>

<h1 id="EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</h1>

<p>Recover digest originally signed using PKCS#1 and SHA256 digest:</p>

<pre><code>#include &lt;openssl/evp.h&gt;
#include &lt;openssl/rsa.h&gt;

EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx;
unsigned char *rout, *sig;
size_t routlen, siglen;
EVP_PKEY *verify_key;

/*
 * NB: assumes verify_key, sig and siglen are already set up
 * and that verify_key is an RSA public key
 */
ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(verify_key, NULL /* no engine */);
if (!ctx)
    /* Error occurred */
if (EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init(ctx) &lt;= 0)
    /* Error */
if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_rsa_padding(ctx, RSA_PKCS1_PADDING) &lt;= 0)
    /* Error */
if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_signature_md(ctx, EVP_sha256()) &lt;= 0)
    /* Error */

/* Determine buffer length */
if (EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(ctx, NULL, &amp;routlen, sig, siglen) &lt;= 0)
    /* Error */

rout = OPENSSL_malloc(routlen);

if (!rout)
    /* malloc failure */

if (EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(ctx, rout, &amp;routlen, sig, siglen) &lt;= 0)
    /* Error */

/* Recovered data is routlen bytes written to buffer rout */</code></pre>

<h1 id="SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</h1>

<p><a href="../man3/EVP_PKEY_CTX_new.html">EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/EVP_PKEY_encrypt.html">EVP_PKEY_encrypt(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/EVP_PKEY_decrypt.html">EVP_PKEY_decrypt(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/EVP_PKEY_sign.html">EVP_PKEY_sign(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/EVP_PKEY_verify.html">EVP_PKEY_verify(3)</a>, <a href="../man3/EVP_PKEY_derive.html">EVP_PKEY_derive(3)</a></p>

<h1 id="HISTORY">HISTORY</h1>

<p>The EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init() and EVP_PKEY_verify_recover() functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.0.</p>

<p>The EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init_ex() function was added in OpenSSL 3.0.</p>

<h1 id="COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</h1>

<p>Copyright 2013-2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.</p>

<p>Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the &quot;License&quot;). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <a href="https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html">https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html</a>.</p>


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